A Conversation for Oliver Cromwell
Pride's Purge
Fish's Freak Started conversation Mar 23, 2004
Oliver Cromwell actually played no part in the infamous purge of Royalist MPs led by Colonel Pride. It was this event that led to Charles' death warrant being signed. Thus it could be said that Cromwell was unfairly portayed as a bloodthirsty radical.
Pride's Purge
Trout Montague Posted Mar 23, 2004
I have seen it written that the third signature on the warrant was that of O. Cromwell.
Pride's Purge
Fish's Freak Posted Mar 23, 2004
That's probably true. I'm not really an expert on Cromwell.
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Trout Montague Posted Mar 24, 2004
Me neither. I am just passing on facts as recorded in Moncrieff's Kings and Queens of England.
There were 59 signatures on the warrant. Cromwell's was third.
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Mar 29, 2004
those alive after the Restoration were hunted down by assasains paid for by Charles II, no bothering with trials
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Fish's Freak Posted Mar 29, 2004
That's the monarchy for you. At least the radicals made the pretence of a trial. Didn't they dig up Cromwell's body, hang it, then return it to his wife?
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Mar 30, 2004
certainly hung, drawn and quartered
hadn't heard the part about returning the body to his wife but it wouldn't surprise me
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- 1: Fish's Freak (Mar 23, 2004)
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- 5: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Mar 29, 2004)
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